RAF Regiment Gunner

Please note as of 13012012 you will need to have a minimum weight of 60Kg to be able to apply. Join the RAF as a Gunner and you’ll be joining a specialist infantry unit trained and equipped to defend the RAF’s aircraft people and bases. Since its formation in 1942 the RAF Regiment and its ‘Gunners’ – as they are known – have seen action around the world including most recently Sierra Leone Kuwait Iraq and Afghanistan. As a Gunner you’ll receive specialist training in infantry tactics and weapons from pistols rifles and light machine guns to mortars antitank missiles and heavy machine guns. As the RAF Regiment needs to operate 24 hours a day in any weather you’ll become skilled in the use of the latest nightvision aids and other surveillance equipment. Gunners need to be able to drive a variety of vehicles quad bikes and motorbikes – so if you don’t have a driving licence you’ll earn one in training. Please note You can apply to be an RAF Regiment Gunner when you reach 15 years and 9 months of age. Applicants will then be eligible to undertake the Potential Gunners Selection Course PGSC from age 16. Combat training RAF Regiment training is tough. We’ll build up your fitness and teach you essential skills such as shooting and how to live and fight in the field. Later you’ll learn to use more advanced weapons and tactics. You’ll also do your driving test if you don’t already have a licence and you’ll be awarded an NVQ. To prepare you for combat operations our training will take you all around the world on exercises to places like Belize Canada and Cyprus. Specialise As a Gunner you could specialise in some of the RAF Regiment’s other roles Become a paratrooper serving on 2 Squadron RAF Regiment or other parachutecapable units. Serve on the Queen’s Colour Squadron carrying out ceremonial duties including guarding Buckingham Palace as well as your normal operational role. Become a sniper – an expert in camouflage and marksmanship. Be part of a unit specialising in detecting and protecting against chemical or biological attack. Train as a member of a Forward Air Control team calling in strike aircraft and helicopters in support of ground troops. Work in support of Special Forces operations. Work as part of a small team to recover downed aircrew or other key personnel. For more information about the RAF Regiment go to www.raf.mod.ukrafregiment. Qualifications you can gain Apprenticeship including NVQ Level 2 in policing and security servicesNot all roles advertised by the RAF will be open to applications at all times. Roles are open and closed on an ongoing basis to meet the RAF’s varying specific recruitment needs. Please visit the RAF Careers website via the button below and click on the red Available roles button to see if this position is currently open for applications. Even if your preferred role is not presently open to applications it is worthwhile registering your interest via the RAF’s Career Information Line so that you can receive important updates on avai more...

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